Brains: How they seem to work by Dale Purves

Brains How they seem to work	Chapter 1 Neuroscience circa 1960 Chapter 2 Neurobiology at Harvard Chapter 3 Biophysics at University College Chapter 4 Nerve cells versus brain systems Chapter 5 Neural development Chapter 6 Exploring brain systems Chapter 7 The visual system: Hubel and Wiesel redux Chapter 8 Visual perception Chapter 9 Perceiving color Chapter 10 The organization of perceptual qualities Chapter 11 Perceiving geometry Chapter 12 Perceiving motion Chapter 13 How brains seem to work Learn more about Skilled Technicians in the Philippines
Author: Dale Purves
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"This book is about the ongoing effort to understand how brains work. Given the way events determine what any scientist does and thinks, an account of this sort must inevitably be personal (and, to a greater or lesser degree, biased). What follows is a narrative about the ideas that have seemed to me especially pertinent to this hard problem over the last 50 years. And although this book is about brains as such, it is also about individuals who, from my perspective, have significantly influenced how neuroscientists think about brains. The ambiguity of the title is intentional. Although I have written the book for a general audience, it is nonetheless a serious treatment of a complex subject, and getting the gist of it entails some work. The justification for making the effort is that what neuroscientists eventually conclude about how brains work will determine how we humans understand ourselves. The questions being asked—and the answers that are gradually emerging—should be of interest to anyone inclined to think about our place in the natural order of things." - Dale Purves - Durham, NC
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